Vegan chocolate cake – gluten free

Posted on: March 12th, 2014 by Isabels Free From

No egg, dairy or gluten and yet it is deliciously light, moist and chocolatey vegan cake I have ever tried. It is hard to believe it doesn’t contain those ingredients symbolic for creating a good cake.

The frosting is equally tasty, created in a moment of inspiration when I got stuck for a vegan frosting – but brilliant idea even if I say so myself. I’m sure you’ll adapt it with a variety of flavours depending on the diet you are trying to cater for.

Method

Place in a large bowl the flour, sugar, cocoa powder and bi-carb of soda. Then mix all the ingredients together and make a well in the middle. In another bowl add the apple sauce, water, oil, lemon juice and vanilla extract and mix well.

Pour the wet ingredients over the dry mixture and stir with a balloon whisk or wooden spoon until it forms a soft cake dough.

Fold the diced apples into the mix and pour it in the prepared baking tin. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until when inserting a skewer in the center of the cake it comes out clean.

For the vegan frosting:

In a medium size bowl add the icing sugar, cocoa powder, Baking Fix and gently mix well using a balloon whisk. Then add in the oil, vanilla essence and water and mix well until it forms a nice consistency frosting. Add the lemon juice and mix again.

Sample the frosting and adjust to your own taste, adding a little more cocoa powder or sugar if necessary. Apply frosting to your cake.